Da Qin: Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism

During the period when Ying Zheng did not attend court for a month, the whole Xianyang was undercurrent.

The rumor that the First Emperor was in very poor health and might not live long had spread all over the country.

Although Ying Zheng had been controlling the spread of the news, for those who were truly capable and caring, they knew the truth of the so-called rumor.

Everyone knew that the First Emperor was really in poor health. Such a big event as not attending court for a month was simply incredible to many officials of the Qin State.

Of course, every official in Xianyang was paying attention to the palace.

And today, the palace suddenly moved, and all the palace gates of the Xianyang Palace were closed. This abnormal movement alone made people speculate that the First Emperor was either in poor health or had passed away.

But no one dared to discuss this matter. At most, everyone might say a few words in private exchanges between friends.

"Eight six, eight six, seven, seven" After all, this is about the imperial power and the succession to the throne. If you say one wrong word, you may be beheaded.

The royal family of Qin also noticed this situation, but they did not say anything, let alone the idea of ​​fighting for power.

In fact, when the First Emperor was still alive, he had been suppressing the royal family vigorously, making the royal family unable to raise their heads.

At the same time, Ying Wei was the same as Ying Zheng. He did not have a good face for his relatives.

Under the joint suppression of the former No. 1 and No. 2 of the empire, the royal family of Qin had been living a very depressed life, and senior officials did not dare to contact them for fear of angering the emperor and King Yong.

The reason why Ying Zheng and Ying Wei suppressed the royal family was actually very simple.

The Zhou Dynasty had just perished, and the concept of great unification had not yet been thoroughly rooted in the hearts of the people.

In the past nearly 800 years, China has always been a feudal system.

Who were the first batch of feudal princes? They were all relatives of the Zhou emperor.

Since there is a tradition since ancient times, the royal family of Qin will naturally have their own ideas.

If the royal family is really allowed to become bigger, these royal family members will definitely find a way to destroy the great unification and re-enfeoff in order to gain more power.

Because then they can become princes.

Neither Ying Zheng nor Ying Wei would allow such an idea to emerge, and they would naturally suppress the royal family vigorously, and even be quite cruel and ruthless.

If ordinary officials make mistakes, they may have a chance to make up for their mistakes.

But if the royal family makes a mistake, the end is really not good.

The remaining royal family members of the entire Qin State actually resented Ying Zheng and Ying Wei, believing that they were so cruel to their relatives and were simply not worthy of being sons.

Outside the Xianyang Palace, many officials gathered together and discussed their own issues.

However, they only dared to discuss or ask around, but no one dared to do anythingWhat unnecessary movements.

The Qin State has strict laws, and those imperial guards holding weapons, their weapons do not recognize people.

They gathered here and roughly guessed what happened, just waiting for the palace to summon them, so that they can enter the palace as soon as possible.

And what the ministers want to know most is the will of the First Emperor, who did he establish as the second emperor, or...

Just when the officials were noisy like a vegetable market outside the Xianyang Palace, Li Si also came here.

Unlike others, Li Si went directly to the palace gate.

Seeing this scene, an official guessed something and hurriedly asked: "Master Tingwei, do you know the specific situation in the palace?"

Li Si did not answer any of these questions, how could he know what happened in the palace.

Besides, even if he knew, he could not say it.

Intelligence advantage is the most important in any era, and if he can know more intelligence in advance, he can take a more active position in the next new political structure.

Li Si was ordered by Ying Wei to enter the palace. After checking him, the imperial guards let him enter the palace.

When the officials saw this, they were all shocked. They guessed that it was probably King Yong, not the First Emperor, who controlled the Xianyang Palace at this time.

Otherwise, the First Emperor should have summoned the left and right prime ministers, not Li Si.

Everyone knows that Li Si is a die-hard member of King Yong.

Some officials were happy and some were sad.

But they were also thinking about who the First Emperor would appoint as the new emperor in his will.

If Fusu was appointed, he was afraid that the Qin State would be greatly shaken.

From King Yong's actions at this time, he took over the Xianyang Palace and asked the imperial guards to obey his orders, which means that the Weiwei had also become his people.

By doing these big things, King Yong did not seem to stabilize the situation, but more like seizing power.

If Fusu is established as the emperor, there will probably be a war between the two sides.

Among the officials, the neutral faction and the Yongwang faction are the most happy. The neutral faction knows Yongwang well and knows that he is a mature politician. As long as they do things honestly, there is no danger in following him.

It goes without saying that the Yongwang faction, if Ying has not ascended the throne, they are all loyal ministers and can naturally go further.. .........

The Fusu faction and the First Emperor faction are the ones who are worried. If Yongwang ascends the throne, these officials who have already chosen sides early, and have chosen the wrong side, will definitely not end up well.. .........

And the Yingzheng diehard faction is also afraid. They know Yongwang's methods too well. They, the loyal subordinates of the former emperor, will definitely be purged.

Everyone is very nervous, and everyone is anxious, waiting for the final result.

In the Xianyang Palace, although Li Si is not young anymore, he almost ran to the Zhangtai Palace.

When he arrived at the gate of Zhangtai Palace, he saw many eunuchs lying dead at the gate.The guards were collecting the bodies, and he was shocked when he saw this.

A captain of the imperial guards came to Li Si and bowed, saying, "Sir, the king invites you to the palace."

Li Si quickly stepped onto the steps and asked, "What's going on? Why did the king kill these eunuchs?"

The captain told Li Si what had just happened. When Li Si heard it, he said in disbelief, "How dare the eunuch Zhao Gao, the seal holder, assassinate the king?"

Then he asked nervously, "The king is not injured, right?"

Ying Wei is now Li Si's biggest backer, and he is also one of the people who least wants Ying Wei to get into trouble.

The captain looked strange and said, "The king was not injured. Although Zhao Gao was so bold, he dared to assassinate the king."

"But he didn't expect that the emperor's martial arts were so high that he might be stronger than the defected swordsman Gai Nie, so he returned empty-handed."

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Li Si was stunned for a moment.

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Even Li Si didn't know that Ying Wei's martial arts were so high.

You should know that more than 20 years ago, when Ying Wei was in the little sage costume, although he learned Confucian martial arts, his martial arts at that time were very ordinary in front of many Confucian disciples, and he was not outstanding at all.

Now listening to this captain, King Yong's martial arts were even higher than Gai Nie. Is this really a joke?

At the same time, Li Si's heart was also filled with excitement and fear.

He was excited that Ying Wei's martial arts were so high that he didn't have to worry about being assassinated.

What he feared was that King Yong had kept his martial arts secret from everyone for more than 20 years. Who wouldn't be afraid of such a deep mind and deep scheming?

While thinking, he entered the Zhangtai Palace and saw Ying Wei, who was at the top of the hall, and also saw the body of the First Emperor.

Seeing this scene, Li Si even had an illusion that His Majesty was killed by the King. .